01/24/2023
Hello,
It’s Naomi again on my mums page. I planned to write sooner but it’s been a bit of a rubbish week. Actually it’s been a rubbish year so far and my twin brother has been sick and other stuff so I didn’t get to do this.
Anyway thank you for your comments about my food post last week. Today it’s about another sensory thing that people don’t always understand: clothing.
I am very particular about what I can wear. I hate dresses and tights are so uncomfortable. I feel like I’m being choked if something is tight fitting and anything that makes me itchy makes me feel sick. I don’t like being too hot or too cold as it stops my brain thinking and labels jag me like pins.
My safe clothes are leggings and cotton tops and there’s only one style of seamless bra I can tolerate.
When I went to primary school the uniform was ok as it was a polo shirt and I could wear trousers. My mum found really soft loose elasticated trousers that were very like leggings. In winter I wore a soft cardigan and I was allowed trainers on my feet. Once I started high school it was like torture and I really couldn’t tolerate the tight blouse, a tie that strangled me, rough trousers that felt like my skin was bleeding every time I moved and a heavy blazer that felt like I was dragging rocks around. Being so uncomfortable and in pain meant I couldn’t think to work at all and the longer I had the stuff on the more stressed and upset I got.
A teacher once said I had to just get used to it as I’d need to wear a uniform at work but they never actually asked me what I wanted to do as a job! So many jobs don’t have uniforms now and even ones that do it is rarely as uncomfortable and painful as formal school uniform.
I wish more companies made seamless clothing, soft clothing and easy to put on clothes. People are so much happier and work better when they are comfortable!
Naomi aged 14